I am in favour of opposing racism but at the moment anyone thinking of counter protesting, please give it a swerve and stay home this time. Let the emergency services get on with making arrests and keeping people safe.
It’s great to take a stand but not on this one.
I don’t like Starmer. But I’m willing to give him a chance. For a while at least.
We’ll see. Like you, I have largely given up any faith in politicians. They have much to prove.
Not sure he has a choice. Rioting is a criminal act.
In the bigger picture he is trying to fix a broken asylum system, neglected and deliberately run into the ground over the last 14 years.
Seems to be doing a pretty good job.
Putting in place measures to deal with the people charged with a crime and giving the police powers to bring them in.
What else would you like to see him doing? Genuine question.
The internet was supposed to be a “global village”.
Instead we just ended up with the village idiots with pitchforks.
I read today that courts are considering taking away their passports and other measures.
I suppose that would be the anti-terror approach?
Not being one for any online sites except this one, I am wondering how organised all this is?
Is it at all organised? or disparate people running wild? Or both?
To repeat, be alert from 3pm is the official police advice. In the centre of the city.
Any concerns or information contact the police quoting Op Skylark.
The official advice from police, issued to Brighton centre businesses is to be alert from 3pm onwards tomorrow but not to panic as they have plans in place and are ready to mobilise if required.
What would these rioters be doing if they were unopposed by the police?
Dragging “foreigners” from their homes and beating them to death?
That’s what it would end in, would it not?
I really thought we were better than this.